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The Role of Satellites in Quantum Key Distribution
2020-01-20 08:48

Could satellites play a role in distributing next-generation encryption keys? Robert Bedington, CTO and co-founder at Singapore-based SpeQtral, describes quantum communications via satellites in this in-depth interview with Information Security Media Group.

Quantum communications protects key distribution channels against eavesdropping, he explains.

"Space-based quantum key distribution is a method for delivering incredibly secure symmetric encryption keys to anywhere in the globe," he says.

What role space-based quantum key distribution could eventually play;.

Bedington is CTO and co-founder of the SpeQtral, a company commercializing satellite quantum-proof key distribution.


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